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When you work it out make sure your minimum land is figured for the place where the sheer meets the stem. The gain changes as you move down (or up if you are building from the keel up). The planks...

Oh, and although it has always been a policy of my to argue with Bob, he is right on this one. Buy the oak you are going to need the strength and someone else really needs that PH mohogany for their...

There is a rumor out that Bob is Back....

Robert Long,

Grass Valleys just up the road a bit so we are practically neighbors which means.... your invited the next time I take Adagio out. We'll get together up at PT and work out the...

Jeez, its amazing what happens when I'm not paying attention. I only turned my back for two maybe three sec... no wait that was years. My how time flys. Norm are you still corrupting all the...

Norm, hey buddy, I missed ya. Its a deal I'll drag Adagio up the coast if you promise to get that little lake sailor Praire Islander out into some salt water too!!

BTW how is she treating you...

Some of you old timers will probably remember me but for the newbees my boat is at http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wilicyote I have not touched the website in years but am planning to do an update so bear...

Anyone planning to attend this years Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival? I just found out that I am!!! A dream of several years. Its a shame I will not be able to bring Adagio our Ian Oughtred Eun...

A lot depends on where you get your wood. 900 pounds of cedar shipped from the west coast will end up costing you as much as 300 pounds of Occume purchased in NY. There is also the cost of fairing...

A few examples:

In the West Greenland Kayak section the method of determining the width as described in the text says to place your fists with the thumbs extended on each hip and measure the total...

I purchased the book by Robert Morris on this subject. Having now completed one of his West Greenland kayaks I can report that the book is full of information. Enough information to make some nice...

I have been storing my varnish in used wine casks, the five liter wine boxes of cheap wine you get at the grocery store. Drink the wine, http://media5.hypernet.com/~dick/ubb/smile.gif then wash and...

Ed,

Well, if at first I don't succeed, I just keep yabbering until it finally comes out right. Sorry it took me four tries to sort it out this time.

I drive truck to get out my aggressions ...

Amazing Ed, isn't it how by cutting snippets of a post and tying them together you can totally distort what a person said. But then again, I guess that is why they call it context.

I guess you...

Some of you are just too thin skinned to handle any controversial or off color topic. We are not five year olds here. A few heated arguments or angry words do not mean the end of the world. By...

Hey, how 'bout them BEARS, did you see the game this weekend?

Sorry Bob, I just couldn't resist.

On a serious note, why is it that some people seem so intent on dictating what other people may...

Dagon,

Yes it is the Morris book. Quarter inch dia wooden dowels and multi filiment sail thread (the stuff from sailrite that comes on 300 ft spools). The thread is wrapped six or eight times...

Meranti color varies from a light cedar looking color all the way to a very dark red of the finest mohogany. I bought eight sheets a while back and found all the different shades represented in my...

Ian has said that Eun Mara can be done in either lapstrake plywood, cedar strip, or cold moulded. I can't imagine that cedar strip is any easier than lapstrake plywood, but I guess that would depend...

Here is the link

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wilicyote

Here is where the difficult work begins. The problems are actually two-fold. First, the BS1088 certification means that the plywood is manufactured to that standard. The manufacturer puts the stamp...

Ken,

Looks nice!

I wrapped the edges of the moulds with a piece of clear packing tape. It keeps them from sticking to the planks when they are epoxied in place. I also got in the habit of...

Sounds like nice wood. It is not the plywood I would worry about but the vendor. Resources International really screwed me over. I will tell you more if you e-mail me about it.

or with a little mustache wax you could fashion wisker stays.

Oh and I almost forgot, the claimed building time of only forty hours is a real hook. I think I spent more time than that just varnishing my bowsprit (the one on my boat, silly). ...

the new skin on frame boat building book. If you do you will have to interupt your present building schedule to make one of these beauties. The boats are just too seductive. The book is a great...

If you are looking at Keruing from Resources International, walk away. Those clowns sold me a thousand dollars worth of wood and then six months later told me it was defective and that I could...

Oh, thats terrible. I think you should toss it in a dumpster. I will be by with an empty one (carefully padded inside) in a few minutes to help you get rid of it. ...

I paid a penny a pound from my recycle man. Anywhere else and he would have had to pay them to take it as it is probably considered hazardous waste her in CA

I paid a penny a pound from my recycle man. Anywhere else and he would have had to pay them to take it as it is probably considered hazardous waste her in CA

I paid a penny a pound from my recycle man. Anywhere else and he would have had to pay them to take it as it is probably considered hazardous waste her in CA

What a Gem! Good on you. I shall now go wash this green off my face.

Paul

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They do now make Acrylic caulk which is all the rage in the home building industry because it can be painted, however it still does not sand well.... or at all for that matter.

Hey Crip, nice photo journal, makes it look easy.

Hey Crip, nice photo journal, makes it look easy.

Hey Crip, nice photo journal, makes it look easy.

Makes all that work worth while, doesn't it? I can't wait to see pictures.

Congratulations!

Paul Frederiksen

I made a generic trailer. I can see why one might need the dolly in countries where decent ramps are not very common. Here in the US decent ramps are everywhere. I picked up a used "builtright"...

For those who are interested:

The total amount of time invested in Adagio comes out to right around 3000 hours. Yeah that is right, about 30 hours a week for two years.

Cost of materials is...

Spectra is a great idea as it has almost no elongation and is super strong. I have a piece which is like 4000 pound test.

Thanks for the tip.

Mike and Mike,

You are both right in that the gaff span is unsatisfactory. I have the wire and am going to switch to that as it will not stretch and is much stronger. The gaff span shakle...

Dasboat,

Great day on the straight. Wind in the afternoon was 15-25 knots and a bit gusty. Current was mild and not an issue. Adagio is over canvassed at 240 square feet on a 20 foot hull...

I used 1/8 inch for lashing. If you standardize on the halyards and such you might as well just buy a spool of the 5/16 then you will not be trying to cut it close on length. By the time I was done...

You done real fine Norm, I salute you. It is great to have the neighbors cheering you on.

you know if you are bald in the front you are a lover. Bald in the back means you are a thinker. Bald in the front and back....you just think you are a lover. ...

I am on a twelve step program for philosophical/political discussions, please don't tempt me.

There are now about nine pages of pics on my page instead of just two. Just got back the rest of my...

You can view my personal webpage with pictures of Adagio at

http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wilicyote

Scroll to the bottom of the pages for links to the rest of the pictures.

I am going on a...

Well I guess I am slow but I added up my time on my Eun Mara and it was more like 3000 hours. For me it was two years but I averaged 30 hours a week on it.

The maiden voyage was at Folsom lake in 5 to 15 mph winds no current and lots of jet skis. I am taking her out tomorrow to Carquinez straits, which is a notorius wind tunnel with wicked currents, to...